Hartford, Connecticut

Everything Hartford is known for

2 songs mention this city 250 artists from here

Music in Hartford

Songs About Hartford

I Live in a Van
Afroman
7%
"Colt 45 kickin' in, oh no"
Love And Regret
Billy Strings
3%
"Those old Hartford records that we used to play"

Artists From Hartford

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Witt Lowry
hip-hop Pop: 57
F
Fates Warning
rock Pop: 54
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Notch
folk Pop: 51
B
Boundaries
metal Pop: 50
B
Blues Saraceno
blues Pop: 50
C
Chris Impellitteri
metal Pop: 49
D
DeLux
indie Pop: 49
K
Kenny Mehler
rock Pop: 48
T
The Kids
indie Pop: 47
B
Body Language
electronic Pop: 47
B
Bronze Radio Return
americana Pop: 47
S
Sorority Noise
indie Pop: 47
S
Souly Had
soul Pop: 47
S
Stephenie Meyer
other Pop: 46
J
Joel J. Richard
classical Pop: 45
F
Fury
metal Pop: 44
G
Gene Pitney
pop Pop: 44
J
Jeff Porcaro
rock Pop: 44
T
The Incognitos
rock Pop: 41
S
Steve Porcaro
pop Pop: 41

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Rivers & Roads in Song near Hartford

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Hartford.

Massachusetts Turnpike 2 songs Interstate 95 13 songs

History of Hartford

Insurance Money and Mr. Twain RoadyGoat

Hartford has long called itself the 'Insurance Capital of the World,' and the skyline of brand-name insurers along the Connecticut River backs up the boast. But the city's most beloved address belongs to a writer. From 1874 to 1891, Mark Twain lived here in a flamboyant twenty-five-room Victorian mansion with interior touches by Louis Comfort Tiffany. These were Twain's most productive years: in this house he wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. (National Geographic later named it one of the ten best historic homes in the world.) Hartford was a real publishing hub then, home to a dozen publishers, which is partly why Twain settled here in the first place. The house survives as a museum, a vivid window into the man who more or less invented the American voice.

Mark Twain House

1874

Samuel Clemens lived in this elaborate Victorian Gothic home from 1874 to 1891, writing his greatest works here.

Harriet Beecher Stowe House

1871

Home of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the novel that Abraham Lincoln reportedly said started the Civil War.

Colt Armory

1855

Samuel Colt's revolutionary armory pioneered interchangeable parts and assembly line manufacturing, crowned by its iconic blue onion dome.

Charter Oak Site

1687

Site of the legendary white oak tree where Connecticut's colonial charter was hidden from the English governor in 1687.

Wadsworth Atheneum

1842

Oldest public art museum in the United States, founded in 1842 by Daniel Wadsworth in Hartford.

Old New-Gate Prison

1705

America's first chartered copper mine, converted into the nation's first state prison in 1773, used to hold Loyalists during the Revolution.

14.1 mi away

Everything Near Hartford

72 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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